With some really old cars!A total of 39 cars, all over 100 years old, take to the road this week to replay the world's first internationally-recognized automobile race in 1895, which saw the triumph of petrol-powered engines over steam-powered cars.
The Bordeaux to Paris vintage car race, due to start Wednesday and end Sunday, is the brainchild of Robert Panhard, great grandson of the founder of the eponymous French automobile firm.
At the helm of the mythical fleet of Panhard et Levassor, Peugeot, De Dion Bouton, Renault, Berliet, and even a steam-powered Stanley Steam Car, will be pilots from Britain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, The Netherlands, as well as an American and an Australian.
The cars, which will follow the original itinerary as closely as possible, are due at Paris' Place de la Concorde Sunday July 8 after a gruelingly slow five-day rally over a mere 600 kilometers (375 miles).
